Version 7.2.

PVsyst - Simulation report

Grid-Connected System

Project: Enbridge 09 Marshfield South

Variant: Preliminary design RC
Unlimited Trackers with backtracking
System power: 3888 kWp
Bakerville - United States

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 Project: Enbridge 09 Marshfield South
Variant: Preliminary design RC

PVsyst V7.2.4
VC3, Simulation date:
11/04/23 10:38
with v7.2.4

Project summary
Geographical Site Situation Meteo data
Bakerville Latitude 44.61 °N Bakerville
United States Longitude -90.18 °W NREL NSRDB Typ. Met. Year PSMv3 - TMY
Altitude 367 m
Time zone UTC-6

Monthly albedo values

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Albedo 0.87 0.87 0.49 0.16 0.17 0.17 0.19 0.19 0.17 0.16 0.28 0.81

System summary
Grid-Connected System Unlimited Trackers with backtracking

PV Field Orientation Near Shadings

Orientation Tracking algorithm No Shadings
Tracking horizontal axis Astronomic calculation
Backtracking activated

System information
PV Array Inverters
Nb. of modules 9256 units Nb. of units 14 units
Pnom total 3888 kWp Pnom total 3500 kWac
Grid power limit 3056 kWac
Grid lim. Pnom ratio 1.272

User's needs
Ext. defined as file
LOADPROFILE-09-Marshfield_South.csv

Results summary
Produced Energy 6786 MWh/year Specific production 1746 kWh/kWp/year Perf. Ratio PR 88.84 %
Apparent energy 656 MVAh Solar Fraction SF 17.45 %

Table of contents
Project and results summary 2
General parameters, PV Array Characteristics, System losses 3
Main results 6
Loss diagram 7
Special graphs 8
P50 - P90 evaluation 9

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Variant: Preliminary design RC

PVsyst V7.2.4
VC3, Simulation date:
11/04/23 10:38
with v7.2.4

General parameters
Grid-Connected System Unlimited Trackers with backtracking

PV Field Orientation
Orientation Tracking algorithm Backtracking strategy
Tracking horizontal axis Astronomic calculation Nb. of trackers 135 units
Backtracking activated Unlimited trackers
Sizes
Tracker Spacing 6.93 m
Collector width 2.38 m
Ground Cov. Ratio (GCR) 34.3 %
Phi min / max. -/+ 60.0 °
Backtracking limit angle
Phi limits +/- 69.6 °
Models used
Transposition Perez
Diffuse Imported
Circumsolar separate

Horizon Near Shadings User's needs

Free Horizon No Shadings Ext. defined as file
LOADPROFILE-09-Marshfield_South.csv

Bifacial system
Model 2D Calculation
unlimited trackers
Bifacial model geometry Bifacial model definitions
Tracker Spacing 6.93 m Ground albedo average 0.38
Tracker width 2.40 m Bifaciality factor 70 %
GCR 34.6 % Rear shading factor 8.0 %
Axis height above ground 1.36 m Rear mismatch loss 5.0 %
Module transparency 1.0 %
Monthly ground albedo values

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Year
0.87 0.87 0.50 0.16 0.17 0.17 0.19 0.19 0.17 0.16 0.28 0.81 0.38

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Year
3068535 2592300 2719090 2958773 2395219 2889489 3320867 2839866 2876743 3175257 3157161 3034522 *027822 kWh

Grid injection point

Grid power limitation Power factor
Active Power 3056 kWac Cos(phi) (leading) 1.000
Pnom ratio 1.272

PV Array Characteristics
PV module
Manufacturer Hanwha Q Cells
Model Q.PEAK DUO L-G6.3/BFG 420
(Custom parameters definition)
Unit Nom. Power 420 Wp
Number of PV modules 9256 units
Nominal (STC) 3888 kWp
Modules 356 Strings x 26 In series

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PVsyst V7.2.4
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PV Array Characteristics
PV module Inverter
At operating cond. (50°C) Manufacturer Sungrow
Pmpp 3546 kWp Model SG250HX-US
U mpp 967 V (Custom parameters definition)
I mpp 3666 A Unit Nom. Power 250 kWac
Number of inverters 14 unit
Total power 3500 kWac
Operating voltage 860-1275 V
Pnom ratio (DC:AC) 1.11

Total PV power Total inverter power

Nominal (STC) 3888 kWp Total power 3500 kWac
Total 9256 modules Nb. of inverters 14 units
Module area 19830 m² Pnom ratio 1.11
Cell area 17207 m²

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PVsyst V7.2.4
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Array losses
Array Soiling Losses
Average loss Fraction 4.7 %

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
14.6% 9.8% 7.0% 3.5% 1.5% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 0.8% 5.1% 12.6%

Thermal Loss factor DC wiring losses Serie Diode Loss

Module temperature according to irradiance Global array res. 4.7 mΩ Voltage drop 0.7 V
Uc (const) 29.0 W/m²K Loss Fraction 1.6 % at STC Loss Fraction 0.1 % at STC
Uv (wind) 0.0 W/m²K/m/s

LID - Light Induced Degradation Module Quality Loss Module mismatch losses
Loss Fraction 1.5 % Loss Fraction -0.3 % Loss Fraction 1.0 % at MPP

Strings Mismatch loss

Loss Fraction 0.5 %

IAM loss factor

Incidence effect (IAM): User defined profile

0° 20° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90°

1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.950 0.750 0.000

System losses
Auxiliaries loss
Proportionnal to Power 2.0 W/kW
0.0 kW from Power thresh.

AC wiring losses
Inv. output line up to MV transfo
Inverter voltage 800 Vac tri
Loss Fraction 1.00 % at STC
Inverter: SG250HX-US
Wire section (14 Inv.) Copper 14 x 3 x 95 mm²
Average wires length 118 m

MV line up to Injection
MV Voltage 4.2 kV
Wires Copper 3 x 400 mm²
Length 980 m
Loss Fraction 1.00 % at STC

AC losses in transformers
MV transfo
Grid voltage 4.2 kV
Operating losses at STC
Nominal power at STC 3832 kVA
Iron loss (24/24 Connexion) 3.83 kW
Loss Fraction 0.10 % at STC
Coils equivalent resistance 3 x 1.67 mΩ
Loss Fraction 1.00 % at STC

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PVsyst V7.2.4
VC3, Simulation date:
11/04/23 10:38
with v7.2.4

Main results
System Production
Produced Energy (P50) 6786 MWh/year Specific production (P50) 1746 kWh/kWp/year Performance Ratio PR 88.84 %
Produced Energy (P75) 6.50 GWh/year Specific production (P75) 1673 kWh/kWp/year Solar Fraction SF 17.45 %
Produced Energy (P90) 6.25 GWh/year Specific production (P90) 1608 kWh/kWp/year
Apparent energy 656 MVAh

Normalized productions (per installed kWp) Performance Ratio PR

Balances and main results

GlobHor DiffHor T_Amb GlobInc GlobEff EArray E_User E_Solar E_Grid EFrGrid
kWh/m² kWh/m² °C kWh/m² kWh/m² MWh MWh MWh MWh MWh
January 46.4 20.15 -11.90 68.6 55.1 257.0 3069 236.2 10.4 2832
February 75.0 28.82 -8.22 111.0 94.8 423.1 2592 363.4 43.5 2229
March 127.2 45.69 -1.12 180.0 161.6 662.3 2719 534.0 102.8 2185
April 151.6 60.10 5.36 199.3 188.4 713.3 2959 628.6 56.4 2330
May 174.7 72.05 10.52 227.7 219.6 807.9 2395 569.9 205.9 1825
June 193.9 66.70 17.49 255.1 249.7 898.1 2889 781.7 79.1 2108
July 204.7 60.06 21.44 279.8 274.2 975.1 3321 933.2 1.3 2388
August 167.8 61.40 17.88 223.8 218.6 794.3 2840 709.6 52.5 2130
September 127.2 44.84 15.27 174.6 170.5 625.8 2877 552.1 49.0 2325
October 83.2 32.17 6.24 116.9 113.4 436.6 3175 364.8 55.2 2810
November 50.8 22.51 1.06 70.2 64.5 260.9 3157 252.4 -1.7 2905
December 35.4 18.45 -7.95 53.0 43.2 197.3 3035 187.4 1.7 2847
Year 1438.0 532.94 5.57 1960.1 1853.7 7051.8 35028 6113.2 656.1 28915

Legends
GlobHor Global horizontal irradiation EArray Effective energy at the output of the array
DiffHor Horizontal diffuse irradiation E_User Energy supplied to the user
T_Amb Ambient Temperature E_Solar Energy from the sun
GlobInc Global incident in coll. plane E_Grid Energy injected into grid
GlobEff Effective Global, corr. for IAM and shadings EFrGrid Energy from the grid

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PVsyst V7.2.4
VC3, Simulation date:
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with v7.2.4

Loss diagram
1438 kWh/m² Global horizontal irradiation
+36.3% Global incident in coll. plane

-2.90% Near Shadings: irradiance loss

-0.45% IAM factor on global
-2.89% Soiling loss factor
+0.75% Ground reflection on front side

Bifacial
Global incident on ground
783 kWh/m² on 57259 m²

-72.17% (0.28 Gnd. albedo)

Ground reflection loss
-80.77% View Factor for rear side
+21.35% Sky diffuse on the rear side
+0.00% Beam effective on the rear side
-8.00% Shadings loss on rear side
7.29% Global Irradiance on rear side (135 kWh/m²)
1854 kWh/m² * 19830 m² coll. Effective irradiation on collectors

efficiency at STC = 19.60% PV conversion, Bifaciality factor = 0.70

7573 MWh Array nominal energy (at STC effic.)

-0.75% PV loss due to irradiance level
-1.74% PV loss due to temperature
+0.30% Module quality loss
-1.50% LID - Light induced degradation
-1.50% Mismatch loss, modules and strings
-0.35% Mismatch for back irradiance
-1.22% Ohmic wiring loss
7075 MWh Array virtual energy at MPP
-1.46% Inverter Loss during operation (efficiency)
-0.33% Inverter Loss over nominal inv. power
0.00% Inverter Loss due to max. input current
0.00% Inverter Loss over nominal inv. voltage
0.00% Inverter Loss due to power threshold
0.00% Inverter Loss due to voltage threshold
0.00% Night consumption
Available Energy at Inverter Output
6948 MWh Cos(phi) = 1.000

-0.20% Auxiliaries (fans, other)

-0.64% AC ohmic loss
-1.13% Medium voltage transfo loss
grid
consumption -0.65% MV line ohmic loss

28915 6113 656 MWh Active Energy injected into grid

to user to user to grid

from grid from solar
0 MVAR Reactive energy to the grid: Aver. cos(phi) = 1.000
656 MVA Apparent energy to the grid

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PVsyst V7.2.4
VC3, Simulation date:
11/04/23 10:38
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Special graphs
Daily Input/Output diagram

System Output Power Distribution

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P50 - P90 evaluation

Meteo data Simulation and parameters uncertainties
Meteo data source
NREL NSRDB Typ. Met. Year PSMv3 PV module modelling/parameters 2.0 %
Kind TMY, multi-year Inverter efficiency uncertainty 2.0 %
Year-to-year variability(Variance) 3.0 % Soiling and mismatch uncertainties 2.0 %
Specified Deviation Degradation uncertainty 1.0 %
Climate change 0.0 % Custom variability 4.0 %

Global variability (meteo + system) Annual production probability

Variability (Quadratic sum) 6.2 % Variability 418 MWh
P50 6786 MWh
P75 6504 MWh
P90 6249 MWh

Probability distribution

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